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* Exercises: True or false: Linguistics studies one specific language.( ) Modern linguistics is mostly descriptive because it sets rules for language users to follow. ( ) Language is arbitrary by nature but it is not entirely arbitrary. ( ) Language is non-instinctive. ( ) Fill in the blanks: Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of __________. Language is a system of _____ ______ _____ used for human communication. If a linguistic study describes and analyses the language people actually use, it is said to be ___________. If it aims to lay down rules for correct behavior it is said to be __________. “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. This sentence means that language has the feature of ________. Writing is a secondary language form based upon _______. The fact that the ability to speak a language is transmitted from generation to generation through teaching and learning rather than by instinct is usually referred to as _________. * * A Course on Linguistics 郭敏 * Textbook: Linguistics: A Concise Course Book by Zhuanglin Hu 《语言学简明教程》 Preview of the Textbook Chapter 1 Language and Linguistics (2-3 weeks) Chapter 2 Phonetics: Speech Sounds (2 weeks) Chapter 3 Phonology: Sound Patterns (2 weeks) Chapter 4 Lexicon (2 weeks) Chapter 5 Grammar: Clause (2 weeks) Chapter 6 Grammar: Text (2 weeks) Chapter 7 Language and Meaning Chapter 8 Pragmatics: Meaning in Use Chapter 9 Cognitive Linguistics: Language and Cognition Chapter 10 Writing System Chapter 11 Language Change Chapter 12 Varieties and Variation * Theoretically A tool for communication A tool for access to other fields An integral part of our life and humanity * Why do we need to study linguistics? Specifically To know more about language To learn a language better To be a qualified teacher of a language To get higher marks in TEM 8 To take the entrance exam to be a postgraduate of a language To do research